London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bethnal Green 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: TABLE 2 RECORD OF VISITS

TABLE 2 RECORD OF VISITS

TABLE 2 RECORD OF VISITS
Notifiable Infectious Diseases1,008
Non-notifiable diseases-
Food Poisoning9
Complaints as to insanitary conditions1,993
Aged and Infirm persons31
Factories799
Milkshops163
Other Food Premises1,239
Outworkers' houses98
Tenement houses185
Drainage work2,983
Smoke observations75
Enquiries with regard to housing1,079
Other inspections and special work2,170
Re-inspectons5,512
Total17,344

Table: TABLE 3 SANITARY DEFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH NOTICES WERE SERVED

TABLE 3 SANITARY DEFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH NOTICES WERE SERVED

TABLE 3 SANITARY DEFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH NOTICES WERE SERVED
Dirty and/or dilapidated rooms981
Defective drains and choked w.c.'s92
Defective and dirty w.c.'s484
Defective water supply46
Defective paving67
Defective gutters and rain water pipes302
Defective roofs511
Dampness491
Defective dustbins136
Smoke Nuisances-
Other defects1,472
Total4,582